Hi! I'm considering buying single family homes out-of-state (Ohio, Carolinas, Tennessee, etc) and curious if anyone has experience with long distance rentals. Obvious to hire a property management company, but are the...

My first question is this. Since I am new to this, and do not have much capital to invest, I am looking at investing in dayton ohio instead of here in the boise idaho area. The real estate there is extremely cheap giv...

Hello BP!  This is my first post as a member of this community, although I've been on the sidelines for a few months learning from others' posts and listening to podcasts.  I have my brother to thank for steering me i...

I've been investing in Chicago for almost 15 years.  I've been incredibly lucky with tenants, turnover, properties, appreciation, connections etc.That said I do occasionally find myself wondering, what if....If I had ...

Hello all.I'm new here, but I'm not an entirely new investor.I did the "house hack" of owning a property with an FHA loan and rented out the basement to help pay the mortgage on a property in Maryland. This was back i...

Dear fellow BP members,I am from bay area and have just started looking into REI recently. Ran the numbers quickly and realized that cash flow is extremely difficult in the bay for an average investor. Hence, started ...

Hi all! Enjoying the forum and learning a lot as I'm just starting out.Two friends and I formed an LLC to buy and rent single family homes near college campuses. We live in LA but the price-to-rent ratios suck pretty ...

I’ve been trying to spin the current recession every which way, and to me it seems like it’s going to continue to accelerate already existing trends. Meaning the hot markets (Austin, Denver, North Carolina etc) are go...

Arizona has had the stigma of being a retirement community in the desert, much like that of Florida. The real estate industry in the state has matured and offers a variety of possibilities with more lucrative options,...

Hi everyoneI'm a 33 year old registered nurse. I'm married with a 2 year old. I worked for a real estate agent for 2 years when I was younger, I basically would help her value houses as she was doing 75 contracts a ye...